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CPI sees highest monthly rise
www.chinanews.cn 2007-06-13 09:56:19
(Source: Xinhua)
June 13 - Inflation in China rose by the highest monthly level in more
than two years in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported
on Tuesday.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.4 percent in May, higher than the
government's warning level of three percent, according to a statement
from the NBS.
Food price hikes were still the leading driver of inflation, rising 8.3
percent from May last year. Grain prices rose 5.9 percent, meat and
poultry 26.5 percent, and eggs 37.1 percent, said the statement on
Tuesday.
Foodstuffs have a weight of 33 percent of China's CPI, one of the key
indicators of inflation, and meat, poultry and related products about 20
percent.
The CPI price rose three percent in April, down slightly from March's 3.3
percent. In the first five months of this year, consumer inflation
increased 2.9 percent from the same period in 2006, according to the
bureau.
Construction material prices climbed 4.8 percent, with the cost of home
rental jumping by 3.4 percent. The prices of water, electricity, and fuel
also rose by 2.8 percent.
According to NBS, the rise in consumer prices was higher in the country's
rural regions at 3.9 percent, compared with 3.1 percent in urban areas.
"The slight rise in the CPI was expected as it was mainly driven by price
rises of grain and pork," said Song Guoqing, professor with the China
Economic Research Center of Beijing University, who also advised the
central bank against raising interest rates.
Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, said on June 6
that the bank would not rule out the possibility of adopting a mixture of
monetary tools to keep inflation at bay.
Liang Hong, chief China economist of Goldman Sachs Asia, previously
raised the forecast of China's inflation in 2007 from 2.6 percent to 3.6
percent, higher than the target of three percent set by the government
for the whole year.
The People's Bank raised the one-year deposit rate by 0.27 of a
percentage point to 3.06 percent and the loan interest rate by 0.18 of a
percentage point to 6.57 percent on May 19 amid efforts to reduce
inflationary pressures and rein in rapid growth in investment.
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